have two big hours coming your way. first primary in the road to the white house now underway. polls are open in new hampshire where a potential curveball from supporters of president biden loom. it s a bit of drama on that side and see how it shakes down. it s tuesday morning and good morning, everybody. bill hemmer, how are you doing? dana: great, how are you? i love the band at 5:00 a.m. and my friend, johnny, who has his roof up above there. he is loving the band. he loves it so much. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. great to be here. at this hour voters are making voices heard. former president trump is looking for a decisive blow following his win in the iowa caucuses last week. bill: standing in his way is nikki haley. she received all six votes from the small town of dicksville, notch. it votes at midnight. she is at a high school with governor sununu and they re trying to pull a big upset here today. i m not going anywhere. what i will tell you
everybody, it is wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. and we start this second hour of fox & friends with a developing story. that man right there, new jersey s long time senator robert menendez is back in the spotlight following new corruption allegations. ainsley: the embattled democrat is now facing even more bribery charges. this time for allegedly helping the qatari government in exchange for lavish gifts. lawrence: this is unbelievable. peter doocy is live from the white house with more on this. hey, peter. peter: the word was allegedly out all around the world. if you want the u.s. senator to say something nice about your country just buy him something expensive. that s what the united states government is alleging now that there are these text messages showing the following. it s pretty extraordinary. bob menendez gets a text from a businessman with ties to the qatari government that says how about one of these? and it s photos of two watches ranging from $9,900
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on time and ready to go. thanks for having me. i m sandra smith. drug poisoning deaths are killing americans at an unprecedented rate in the country. more than 100,000 lives lost last year alone with fentanyl and methamphetamine driving the record increase. ashley is just one of those victims. her heartbroken mother attended today s summit. it continues to flow into our country and is poisoning someone every five minutes. we lose so many every day. the death toll keeps rising. sandra: david spunt is live in washington on this. hi, attorney general merrick garland began speaking to families moments ago and joined by d.e.a. administrator about the dangers of fentanyl. top of mind for the d.e.a. as the drug continues to become more potent and harder to detect as border crossing numbers continue to grow, so does fentanyl. not necessarily from the exact people crossing the border who seek a better life but the drug that s making its way to the united states through the mexic
well, good evening, i m laura coates. a week that began with merrick garland being accused of weaponizing the department of justice against republicans ends with one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d.c. now indicted for corruption. the chairman of the foreign relations committee, new jersey senator bob menendez stands accused of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. tonight, we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and, of course, the political fallout and here are the big questions i ve been asking all day, after seeing all the reports i ve cut through all of it, here are the real questions, number one, did he do it? right did he do it? could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial for conspiracy, bribery and honest services fraud, sound famili